Here's everything you need to know or wanted to ask about our program.

Getting Started

1. How do I sign up?

2. When do I get my order?

It depends on where you live. Check out the routes (https://www.onthemoveorganics.ca/routes) map to see which delivery zone you live in. In general, we deliver South of Oxford and East to Dorchester, Ingersoll and Woodstock on Wednesdays. We deliver downtown and North of Oxford on Thursdays, and we deliver Lucan, Parkhill, Lambton Shores, Sarnia, Strathroy, Komoka, Kilworth, Lynhurst, Talbotville, St. Thomas and parts in between on Fridays.

3. How do I pay?

When you sign up for an account, you be prompted to give your credit card information. Once your credit card information is on your profile, you can either checkout manually or automatically. If set up for auto-checkout, you will simply be billed after your orders process. The order deadline for each week is Tuesdays at 11:59 PM and your credit card will be processed slightly after that. If checking out manually, please refer to the Shopping section under “5. How do I checkout?”

4. Is there a membership fee?

There is a one-time membership fee of $5. This charge will be applied to your first order.

5. Do I have to make a commitment to a regular order?

Not at all. You can order as frequently or as infrequently as you like. We won’t deliver unless you place an order. That said, we do find that taking advantage of features like recurring standing orders or auto-checkout is the best way to ensure that your fridge is always well stocked with delicious local organic produce. It’s far easier to eat healthy when healthy food is on hand.

6. Can I send a gift delivery to someone?

What a great idea! You sure can, just use the lucky someone’s address as the shipping address. We also have gift cards available if you would rather have those sent to your lucky someone.

Our Products

1. Is everything you sell certified organic?

You can rest assured that all of our produce is certified organic. The vast majority of our grocery items are certified organic too. Every item that is certified organic is very clearly indicated. In some situations, where an organic product cannot be sourced, we will offer a non-certified but still very healthy natural product in its place. In other situations, we will carry a non-certified local grocery product, when we can vouch for its quality and health.

2. Where does your food come from?

On the produce side of things we go above and beyond to ensure that our offering is as local as possible. To us, local means that the fruits and veggies come first from farmers that we know by name and have a relationship with. In the summertime, our produce offering is over 80% local, including items like bananas and avocados that we can’t get locally. We will always prioritize a local organic product over an imported one. We also always indicate where the fruit or vegetable came from with as much detail as we can (Farmer, Town, Province/State, Country).

3. Why don’t you have more local fruit?

Quite simply, there aren’t very many local organic fruit producers. That doesn’t mean that we can never have local fruit. In the summer time, we have excellent local organic melons. For a brief period in July there are excellent local organic blueberries and then again in August and September we have fantastic organic peaches, nectarines and coronation grapes from Niagara. In early Fall, organic apples from the Collingwood area arrive. We’ve gone so far as to buy fruit trees in partnership with farmers to increase our fruit offering, but efforts like that take time to, well, bear fruit so to speak.

Shopping

1. I’ve already checked out my order but I forgot to order something. What can I do?

Not a problem. Send us an email or give us a call and we’ll do our best to get the item added to your order if we can.

2. It’s passed the order deadline, but I forgot to order something. What can I do?

Give us a call or send us an email. If we can make it happen, we will.

3. How does the “Favourites” section work?

We carry a lot of products and are adding more all the time. The favourites section makes it easier for you to find and order those items that you shop for regularly. Clicking on the little yellow star beside any product will add it to your favourites section. Clicking on favourites will show you everything that you have added to that section.

4. Can I set up a regular standing order?

Try setting up recurring orders! A regular standing order is a great way to ensure you never miss an order deadline and always have good food at home (or never run out of fair trade organic coffee!). Once you have added your credit card information, you can add any item that is available for recurring to be added to your weekly or bi-weekly order. You do this by clicking “Edit Recurring” under the item you want. You can adjust the schedule at any time. Anything that you have on a recurring schedule will be automatically added to your cart on Friday at 4:30 PM. You can continue adding other items to your cart between then and the order deadline of Tuesday at 11:59 PM. Your cart is eligible for automatic checkout as long as the entire contents of the cart adds up to $30 or more.

5. How do I checkout?

If you have setup a recurring order or have activated the auto-checkout feature, you won’t need to checkout. Whatever is in your cart will automatically checkout at the order deadline of Tuesday at 11:59PM.

If you aren’t using either of those features, the checkout process is 3 step process. First click on “Checkout”. On the next screen, double check that your order is accurate, your billing and shipping information is correct, enter in any special instructions in the order comments section, and then click on “Review Order” at the bottom right of the page. On the next screen, double check to make sure everything is as it should be and scroll down and click on “Submit Order”. You will then go to an order confirmation page and receive a confirmation email to the address that we is associated with your account.

6. Is there a minimum order?

Yes. A minimum of $30 in products must be in your cart to successfully checkout.

7. What’s this “Auto-Checkout” business?

Auto-checkout ensures that you’ll never miss an order again because you forgot to checkout your cart. Once your credit card information is on your profile, you can enable auto-checkout. Simply add items to your cart throughout the week. So long as there is more than $30 in the cart, it will automatically checkout at the order deadline.

8. Can I shop throughout the week?

Absolutely, so long as you are logged in to your account, you can add items to your cart all week long. You can even shop from different devices at the same time, so long as you are logged in. Almost out of butter? Add it the cart. Remember that you need vanilla extract for a special recipe next week? Add it to the cart. If you have signed up for a recurring order, anything you add to your cart during the week will be added to whatever you have scheduled on your recurring order for that week. We do update the website every Friday by 4: 30 PM to reflect what’s local, fresh, and available for that week. We change the contents of the standard boxes at that time too, so you may want to double check your order after that, but before the order deadline to make sure it’s accurate.

9. I don’t like a particular item. Can I substitute for something else in my Standard Box?

10. I can’t find a product that I usually purchase on the website?

Let us know. We’re always adding new products to our offering and we love nothing more than to be given suggestions by our supporters. Send us an email about what you’re looking for and we’ll do our best to get it in for you.

Delivery

1. Do you deliver to where I live?

Check out the routes page and see where our delivery routes are. Still not sure? Send us an email with your address and we’ll let you know.

2. What time will my delivery come?

When your delivery arrives will depend on which route your address fall into. Zone A is North and Downtown London and it falls on Thursdays between 4 to 9 PM. Zone B (Blue) is Dorchester, Ingersoll, Woodstock and points in between on Wednesdays between 3 and 9 PM. Zone B (Green) is South London on Wednesdays from 4 to 9 PM. Zone C is Ilderton, Lucan, Parkhill, Sarnia, Strathroy, Kilworth and points in between on Fridays from 12 to 8 PM. Zone F is Lynhurst, Talbotville, St. Thomas, and points in between on Fridays from 3 to 9 PM. While our routes may change from week to week depending on who orders, your order will arrive at roughly the same time each week. As the weather gets hot in the summer, we do shift deliveries a little later if we can to keep your precious cargo safe and cool for as long as possible.

3. Can I get my delivery on a different day?

Unfortunately not. We plan very efficient routes in order to keep our carbon emissions as low as possible (think public transit for veggies vs. taxis driving all over the place). Remember, you don’t need to be home at the time that we deliver. That said, we do offer a pickup option if you absolutely need your order on a different day. See next question for details. Pickup locations include The Market at The Western Fair, The London Brewing Co-Op and The Root Cellar.

4. I’m outside of your delivery area. Can I pick up my order somewhere?

Yes, you can. Currently, you can pick your order from our Juice Bar on the second floor of The Market at the Western Fair on Saturdays between 8 and 3PM, The London Brewing Co-Op, and the Root Cellar. You will be able to choose your pickup location during the signup process.

5. I won’t be home when you deliver, what do I do?

That’s not a problem. In fact, most folks tend not be home when we deliver. Your box is kept good and chilly right up until its arrival. Sealed up tight and in a shady location, the contents will stay cool for a few hours. In the winter, on all but the most frigid of evenings, the contents will stay frost free for a few hours. If you have ordered any items that need to be refrigerated or frozen (dairy or meat) and you won’t be home to receive your order, we ask that you leave out a small cooler with some ice packs in it to keep those items safe until you get home.

6. Is delivery free?

Do you live inside of London? Then, yes. For folks outside the city, there is a very modest $4 delivery charge to offset the additional time it takes to make those deliveries.

7. I live in an apartment/condominium, can you still deliver?

Absolutely! There are lots of ways to make apartment deliveries work. Most commonly, we phone about 5 min in advance of your delivery and meet you in the lobby on arrival. Or, we can buzz on arrival and be let in to leave the delivery at your apartment door. Other customers provide a key to the main lobby door that we bring on deliveries to enable us to leave the delivery at the apartment door. Some customers feel comfortable leaving their bin in the lobby area. Other customers arrange with their building manager for us to have access to the building. Just let us know which option works for you in the order comments section or by sending us an email.

8. I’m going away on vacation, can I put my delivery on hold?

Of course. If you have setup a regular recurring order you can set the schedule to whatever you like. Simply go to “My Account” and click on “Recurring Orders”. You can then uncheck the “Active” check box beside any date that you don’t want to receive an order.

9. I forgot to put my bin out. What do I do?

Don’t worry about it. We know life gets busy and things get forgotten. If you were planning on ordering again in the next couple of weeks just leave out two bins on your next order. If it’s going to be longer than that, we’d greatly appreciate it if you were able to drop off the bin at our booth at The Western Fair Farmer’s Market on Saturdays between 8 and 3PM. Just send us an email to let us know.

10. I’m not happy with something in my delivery. What do you I do?

Oh no. That’s not what we like to hear. Please send us an email right away and we’ll make it right.

My Account

1. I’m moving (or I have moved). How do I change my address?

After logging in, click on the Menu (top right hand side) and click on “My Account”, then click on “Addresses”. You can edit your default address here, or even add a new address. If you are using auto-checkout or have signed up for a recurring order please make sure that your default address is accurate.

2. I no longer want to receive deliveries. What do I do?

We’re sorry to see you go. You should disable auto-checkout and remove your recurring orders. Also, you can send us an email to let us know, but as a small business that values feedback, we ask you include the reason, so we can help improve the program.

3. How do I update my credit card information?

Click on “My Account” and then click on “Credit Card Profiles” you can update your billing information and your credit card information. Be aware that if you’re updating your credit card information, after clicking on “update” the page will revert to showing you just your name without a card number and an expiry date of January 2016. This is because we don’t actually store any of your information on our site, but rather on the site of our payment processor Beanstream.